Best manual-ignition method

[SXIPro]

Handful of pellets, a squirt of gel, a click with the lighter, shut the door, push start. We go through two bottles of gel at $9 each a season. Not worth it for me to try anything else.

Agree 100% Tried the anti bacterial gel trick..that sucked. Soaked pellets in isopropyl alchol, that sucked as well. I don't feel like keeping a propane torch in my living room either. And egg cartons with wax and dryer lint?? What are we girl scouts?

 

[DneprDave]

I've tried dryer lint and wax, it doesn't work as well as sawdust and wax. 30 seconds with a torch is too long, the egg carton, sawdust, wax starters take 5 seconds to get the stove going.

Dave

 

[mik_kane]

Soaked pellets in isopropyl alchol, that sucked as well.

HMMM Did you use the 90% isopropyl alcohol? You do not have to soak them just get them wet. I never had a problem.

 

[Branson4720]

MAPP gas!

 

[SwineFlue]

my igniter went out a little while ago.
been using this with nothing but pellets in the pot.

St Earl, in another thread you had asked if the stove could be started without energizing the ignitor. I got it to work, here's how:

Add pellets/gel to burnpot
Cycle t-stat on/off to start only the combustion blower
Light it (I lit some gel on a long pellet and dropped it in)
Leave the door open slightly until it's burning strong then close it
After the red light turns on, turn up the t-stat
(Turning it up anytime before the red light will turn on the ignitor and trigger the initial dump of pellets, which would smother the fire.)

The Kill-a-watt meter displayed 30-35 Watts, showing the ignitor never turned on. Maybe this could be useful if someone needs to start a Quad control box stove from a UPS or inverter.

 

[DV]

My ignitor went out couple of weeks ago. Dont think illspend 150 for a new one yet. I actually prefer the torch method. Stove ignites instantly instead of ten minutes later. And a torch is very cheap.

 

[Mt Bob]

Propane torch in house probably safer than 90% of what is under your kitchen sink,or in basement.

 

[pelletizer]

I make a pile, turn on stove to suck out the smoke, shove in the self igniting torch, pull the trigger till I get a ball of glowing pellets the size of a small walnut, pull out and shut the door and in seconds poof FIRE.

I have done this as well, simple and fast....